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Provisions are packed for a 10-man North Sea trawler crew's seven and a half day trip at the trawler company's store in Grimsby. The original caption states that the ration for each fisherman for this trip is "7 1/2lbs of meat, 30oz sugar, 4oz cheese, 4oz tea, 15 1/4oz fats, 8oz jam". The caption also states that "the bread is for the first day's trip; thereafter bread is baked on board".

Over two million American servicemen passed through Britain during the Second World War. In 1944, at the height of activity, up to half a million were based there with the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF). Their job was to man and maintain the vast fleets of aircraft needed to attack German cities and industry.